March 2021 Financial Update

March update got a bit delayed, posting our two-year update and traveling got in the way. If you have not seen our two-year financial freedom update, you can click here.  It has been a good two years.   Overall, March was a mundane month. Not much happening out of the ordinary, taking parents to appointments, triathlon training, …

February 2021 Financial Update

February has been a whirlwind of activity and expenses. We started out the month at Gulf State Park, Alabama where we had been since January 1st.  We anticipated being there the entire month but instead headed home on Wednesday, February 10th.  We came home because of some health issues that my mother was experiencing (all OK now).  …

January 2021 Financial Update

We are stationary in Gulf State Park, Gulf Shores, Alabama for the months of January and February after being in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida for November and December. We visited Gulf State Park last February (2020) and decided we liked it enough to come back for two months this year. Many, many midwest snowbirds …

Budget Update – September 2020

Today's post is to update our budget information. It was March/April 2019 when I last wrote about our budget for living in financial independence. While much has changed in the world since then, much has also stayed the same. We still live in the same paid for house and drive paid for cars. Our only …

Financial Freedom 18 Month Update

So much has changed over the past 18 months that it is time to update this blog. What was our experience during the first 18 months of financial independence? Did we go back and get jobs? Did we get bored? How did our spending compare to my predicted model? How did the health insurance work …